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This activity looks at how mines in China are still a major part of the economy.
The link to the Financial Times article accompanying this activity can be found here::
This article underpins many aspects of resource security within the A Level Specifications specifically:
AQA
3.2.5.2 Natural resource issues.
3.2.5.5 Mineral security.
3.2.5.6 Resource futures.
3.2.5.7 Case studies Case study of either water or energy or mineral ore resource issues in a global or specified regional setting, their implications for the setting including the relationship between resource security and human welfare and attempts to manage the resource.
Case study of a specified place to illustrate and analyse how aspects of its physical environment affects the availability and cost of mineral ore and the way in which mineral ore is used.
Edexcel
7.1.a. Superpowers, emerging and regional powers can be defined using contrasting characteristics (economic, political, military, cultural, demographic and access to natural resources).
7.6.a. Superpower resource demands (food, fossil fuels, and minerals) can cause environmental degradation and their carbon emissions contribute disproportionately to global warming.
7.6.c. Future growth in middle-class consumption in emerging superpowers has implications for the availability and cost of key resources (rare earths, oil, staple grains and water), as well as for the physical environment.
(Eduqas) and WJEC
(3) 4.3.3 Opportunities and constraints of India or China’s physical environment.
(3) 4.3.9 The influence of physical factors on the development of selected countries.
(3) 4.3.10 The influence of economic factors on the development of selected countries.
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